Chapter 869 Sun Tu's confidence (1)
In the Song Dynasty today, if anyone could be invited by Cai Jing and Grandmaster Cai to hold a banquet and send an invitation, it would be a great blessing to be praised for the past year, because it means that he will rise to the top and will soon be able to make a name for himself in the court. It is reasonable to have many levels of promotion.
The man was even more at a loss because of excitement. He would rush there early when the time came, but he didn't dare to let Master Cai wait for him. However, when this matter came to Sun Tu, it was completely different. He was already a little late and he was not in a hurry to go out for the banquet. Instead, he asked his servants to prepare some food, and then filled his stomach in the front hall. After eating and drinking, he went out.
Although he was still taking people on horseback, he had no intention of walking quickly. He walked slowly until the beginning of the morning session was almost over and finally arrived at Cai Jing's prime minister's mansion. When he handed over his invitation, both the officials who had been waiting outside for a long time to climb up to the big tree of Taishi Cai, and the servants of the prime minister's mansion were very surprised. After a while, a manager respectfully welcomed him into the door.
At this time, there were already many discussions outside, and people were constantly speculating about Sun Tu's origin. But because he was not close to the officialdom, none of these people could see through his identity. There were many different opinions and rumors.
The Prime Minister's Office took Sun Tu into the house and was also whispered. Of course, he knew that this person was here to attend the banquet, but it was too late. Moreover, this young man was completely different from the officials who entered the Prime Minister's Office in the past, without any trembling tension. He could even look around with interest and observe the environment and scenery in the house. This guy was too brave.
In fact, Sun Tu was also secretly shocked at this time. When he first came to the prime minister's mansion, he was really shocked by the layout here. Although the area here is not as good as the palace, in terms of the pavilions, towers, flowers, and garden designs, its craftsmanship is obviously far above the palace he has entered. When he is in it, he can always clearly feel the nobleness coming to his face. Every thing here is so extraordinary and reasonable, and the materials are even more sophisticated. It is just a strange rock on the side of the road, which is the best white marble.
Seeing the small details, you can see how much energy and wealth this yard has been spent in just these details. And as the owner of this house, Cai Jing is naturally so luxurious and wealthy. Moreover, it was not until he entered the hall of the middle courtyard that Sun Tu suddenly realized that he had never felt the chill after entering the prime minister's mansion. Even though he was clearly outdoors, it was like spring. Obviously, the entire mansion had been specially arranged, which caused the cold to fail to invade and maintained a real constant temperature. As for how this was done, it was unknown.
At this time, Cai Jing was eating slowly in the hall. Several exquisite side dishes were placed on the table, both color, fragrance and taste. Two pretty women were carefully slapping the back of his dishes. It was really free and easy. There was another seat at the bottom of it, and there was no one else.
When the manager reported to Cai Jing that Sun Tu was coming, the latter was looking at everything here unexpectedly. He thought that there were still many guests attending the meeting today, but he didn't expect that he only invited himself. This made him hold his fists and apologize: "I don't know that the Grand Master will suddenly entertain this marquis, so it's too late, so please don't be surprised."
Seeing that Sun Tuwei was a judge, he showed that the two were on par, which made Cai Jing laugh: "Mr. Yue is so serious, but I am abrupt. I just wanted to invite you to have a meal and talk about some things by the way, but I ignored that you have something to do. Now, when you don't have to wait, I can only eat first. I am old and can't stand hunger."
"The Grand Master is joking. It is natural to eat when he is hungry, and no one can say anything wrong." Sun Tu said, and naturally walked to the empty seat over there and sat down casually.
Without Cai Jing's instructions, his servants removed the cold wine and food from above and served him again. However, Sun Tu did not even pick up the chopsticks or touch the cup, but said, "I am ashamed that I had eaten at home before coming, so I would let down the Grand Master's wishes."
Cai Jing raised his gray eyebrows slightly, and he had already heard what Sun Tu said - if you have something to say, don't use any banquet to make a flip. Even Sun Tu was guarding against what he would do in the food and drinks, which made him smile helplessly, but he didn't point it out on the spot, just nodding: "Since that's the case, I'm not polite." As he said that, he started eating and drinking again, and he was very relaxed.
Sun Tu was also waiting so casually until Cai Jing finished eating the food and the woman beside him helped to clean up everything and retreat, he smiled and said, "Now the Grand Master can tell me why he suddenly called me to come?"
Cai Jing stared at him for a moment, then suddenly his face darkened and asked, "Sun Tu, do you know your guilt?"
Cai Jing has a supreme majesty in his body, and once he becomes serious, his momentum will be like a mountain. If he changes to ordinary officials, he will be frightened by his eyes and asks, and he might have to kneel down and beg for mercy. But Sun Tu was calm and sat there without even moving, but just looked at him: "I don't know what I am guilty of, but I actually want the Labor Grand Master to interfere."
"Hmph, don't you know what you did yourself? Despise the prince, ignore the prince's laws, and kill people in the street... Any one here is enough to imprison you in the heavenly prison, and then the Ministry of Justice will convict you of a serious crime and punish you severely to the end!" Cai Jing narrowed his eyes and threatened. At this time, he had changed his appearance as he was just ready to speak and had become murderous.
"It turns out that the Grand Master refers to the fact that I executed Gao Duo two days ago. This Marquis is about to say. Gao Duo did all his evil deeds, ruined the reputation of many good women, and killed many innocent people. He also supported the thieves and bandits in Wuyou Cave, causing many sufferings in the capital. No one has dealt with these crimes. This Marquis couldn't understand. It was him who was very guilty, so why did I act impartially
Instead of being blamed?" Sun Tu looked at him without hesitation and talked: "If a civilian kills an official, it is a serious crime, but it is another matter. As far as I know, Gao Duo has no official position. He does evil in broad daylight, how can I get the sin of killing him? If the Grand Master does not believe it, you can summon relevant people and others to ask about the cause and effect, but if you want to falsely blame me for this, I will forgive me for not accepting it."
After pausing, he continued: "As for despising the prince, I am even more unacceptable. Although my previous words offend the prince, every sentence is true. Since I have been paid by the court, I should be loyal to the emperor. Can I point out the matter of seeing people doing too many unrighteous things? Although the prince is the crown prince, he is not the king after all. This is also for the sake of my Song court and for the sake of your Majesty's purity."
Cai Jing was also a little surprised when he heard his generous speech. But soon, he clapped and smiled, "Okay, I didn't expect that you, Marquis of Yue, have such a rush to argue, which made me a little impressed. But do you know that because of your reckless behavior, Taiwei Gao suddenly fell seriously ill and bedridden. His Majesty was furious, and the Eastern Palace made the East Palace cause trouble. Are you not afraid of bringing disaster to yourself?"
"I'm just sitting upright, what's there to be afraid of?" Sun Tu narrowed his eyes and said, "Aren't what I said all the truth? Besides, this is not the result you want to see in the Grand Master? As far as I know, you have prejudices against the current prince and have been encouraging the emperor to do the decree and establishment. Now that you finally have such an opportunity, how can you not catch it? I'm afraid that the ending of Ren Shu and others is that Grand Master, you are exerting your efforts in the middle? Now you blame everything on this marquis. Isn't it too unauthorized to do this?"
Cai Jing never thought that there would be someone who dared to speak in such a tit-for-tat way with him today, without any fear at all. This made him a little unrefuted for a while, and he could only hum: "Mr. Yue is really a sharp-tongued person, but sometimes the court won, it doesn't matter who speaks sharply."
"Of course I know the truth, but these truths must be explained first. As the saying goes, only by just being justified is true, what does the Taishi think?
"And I believe that you, Grand Master, specially invited me here today, are not just to say such unpainful and unpainful words, so if you have any questions, please just say it."
In the past, when Cai Jing saw Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng, he always thought that they were useless when he saw that they were not good at all when he saw Sun Tu. But today, he really knew that this young man was really difficult. He was a meticulous guy and had no worries. He didn't even take himself as the prime minister in the world to the end!
What made him particularly angry was that he really had no choice but to deal with Sun Tu. The other party had no worries. He was so worried that he could not use the tricks he used to deal with other officials to deal with Sun Tu.
In order to fight for a breath and to overwhelm the other party, Cai Jing suddenly slapped the table: "Sun Tu, you really overestimate yourself. Can you really do anything to you? Just the things you did before, Your Majesty already wanted to take you down and ask for guilt. Now I can give you an order, making it difficult for you to fly!"
Chapter completed!